Houston panchang, 28 March 2024
Sunrise 07:15 Sunset 19:37 Moonrise 23:00 Phalguna month
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.76°, -95.36° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:15 to 19:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 13:01 – 13:51
- Rahu Kalam 14:59 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta 16:19 – 17:08
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
19:37 to 07:14 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 19:37 – 21:56
- Brahma Muhurta 05:41 – 06:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:39 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:27
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:08 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Harshana until 12:42
- Karana Vishti until 08:27, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:08 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 08:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 21:12 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:39 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:42 – 13:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:19 – 17:08
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:42 – 06:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 13:01 – 13:51
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:37 – 21:56
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:26 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:31 – 18:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:04 – 19:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 19:37 – 21:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 21:04 – 22:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:31 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:14 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:23 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:26 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:29 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:27 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:42 – 06:39 Aquarius
- 06:39 – 08:03 Pisces
- 08:03 – 09:37 Aries
- 09:37 – 11:32 Taurus
- 11:32 – 13:47 Gemini
- 13:47 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:27 Leo
- 18:27 – 20:44 Virgo
- 20:44 – 23:05 Libra
- 23:05 – 01:24 next day Scorpio
- 01:24 – 03:28 next day Sagittarius
- 03:28 – 05:09 next day Capricorn
- 05:09 – 06:35 next day Aquarius
- 06:35 – 07:14 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method